Recently, the United States military rescinded a policy restricting women to non-combat roles. The move, instigated by then-U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, was partially an acknowledgment that many women are already working in combat zones.

Gaza -
The eight day strike by Israel on Gaza not only killed 168 Palestinians, most them civilians, but has also resulted in $300 million in economic damage, the Palestinian Chamber of Commerce reports.

Gaza -
While this video was made in 2009, the content is still very relevant today. Chris Hedges makes a very moving speech about the attack on Gaza by the Israeli military and the implications of this attack.

As rockets fall on Israel, Obama quietly removes Hamas terrorist from U.S. watch-list. For the first time ever Hamas launches rockets on the Holy City of Jerusalem. And Gaza cease-fire collapses as new explosions are heard in Tel Aviv.

Gaza -
A photo showing Jihad al-Masharawi, an employee of the BBC in Gaza, cradling the corpse of his baby son, gives warning of the risk of escalation of retaliative bloodshed after the killing of Hamas official, Ahmed Jabari, in an Israeli rocket attack.

Regular toilets may soon be out of fashion.The dog poo incinerator was just the beginning; now Paulee CleanTec have adapted their idea and invented a power generating device requiring no water that can turn human waste into sterile, odorless compost.

Technology is making a bigger and bigger impact in the classroom and this summer, RoboThespian, a robotic actor, got a summer job as a guest science teacher for a group of grade 5 and 6 students in Israel.

At least 15 Egyptian policemen were killed and a tank was seized by Islamists at a Sinai police station close to the border with Israel on Sunday. The incident marks the deadliest twenty years along the border.

Several news reports are claiming that the identity of the suicide bomber of an Israeli tourist bus in Bulgaria on Wednesday, July 18, is said to have been Mehdi Ghezali, a Swedish citizen known for Muslim extremist activities.

Superman could do it and now so might you. Israeli scientists have developed a new camera that is able to see through skin without x-rays and even see through walls and around corners using just natural light.

Levy Izhak Rosenbaum, an Israeli convicted of arranging US kidney transplants for profit, has been sentenced to jail for 2 and a half years. Prosecutors say Rosenbaum is the first person to be convicted for illegal organ sales in the US.

If you haven't heard of the all-female rock band Antigone Rising you are certainly missing out. With their combined talent and ability to write catchy emotionally charged tunes you'll be hooked once you take your first listen.

I met up with gifted indie singer-songwriter Israeli, Maya Isacowitz, 24, at one of her sold-out performances at the popular venue Tarbuta, Yokneam, in Northern Israel. All Maya's compositions are sung in English.

Twenty-three-year-old Israeli Rotem Singer arrested last week on suspicion of causing a wildfire that burned down tens of thousands of acres of Chile's Torres del Paine National Park, has been conditionally released.

Set up a news alert for

Israeli Image

An Israeli Merkava tank heads to the southern Israeli border with the Gaza Strip on August 1, 2014

Jack Guez, AFP

A ball of fire is seen following an Israeli air strike on July 9, 2014 in Gaza City

Thomas Coex, AFP

Roy Dahan

Roy Dahan

Roy Dahan

Roy Dahan

Israeli military website hacked by Anonymous

http://www.sharonet.co.il/

Israeli soldiers filing into a helicopter

IDFOnline

Roy Dahan and Amit Hameir

itamar cohen

A Palestinian hugs his father who was wounded in an Israeli strike on a compound housing a UN school in Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, following their arrival at the Kamal Edwan hospital in Beit Lahia on July 30, 2014

Mohammed Abed, AFP

Roy Dahan

itamar cohen

A patrol boat of the Israeli Navy.

flickr/david55king

Israeli former chief of staff Lt. General (Reserves) Gabi Ashkenazi (On the left)